VETERINARY CERTIFICATE FOR IMPORT OF CHICKEN/QUAIL MEAT INTO

INDIA

Exporting country :
__________________________________________________________
Ministry of:
__________________________________________________________________
Department:
_________________________________________________________________
Province or District, etc.:
_____________________________________________________

I. Identification of the meat

Type of portions of meat:
____________________________________________________
Type of package:
_____________________________________________________________
Number of objects or packages:
_____________________________________________
Net weight:
__________________________________________________________________

II. Origin of the meat

Address/es and number/s of veterinary approval of the abattoir/s:

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________

Address/es and number/s of veterinary approval of the cutting-up

establishment/s:
______________________________________________________________________________
_______

III. Destination of the meat

The meat/meat product is being sent from
___________________________________ (place of dispatch) to
______________________ (country and place of destination).

Nature and identification of means of transport:

______________________________
(Specify the number of wagon, truck, flight number, name of the ship)

Name and address of exporter:

_______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
______
Name and address of the consignee:
__________________________________________

IV. Attestation of wholesomeness

The undersigned Official Veterinarian certifies that the meat:

1. comes from birds slaughtered in abattoirs /processing plants

accredited for export by the exporting country;

2. The birds from which the product has been produced, originate
from the country of export which means it should have been bred,
hatched, grown, slaughtered and further processed in the country
of origin

3. the meat does not have residues of pesticides, drugs, mycotoxins

and chemicals above the Maximum Residue Limits prescribed
internationally

4. comes from birds slaughterd in abattoirs / processing plants where no

ruminant or porcine tissue/ protein has been used in the production of
meat or has been added to the meat at any stage, and”

5. satisfies the following requirements:

(a) Country is free from Avian Influenza (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Low
Pathogenic Avian Influenza)
(b) The consignment comes from birds which were kept in an establishment
where the incidence of the following diseases has not been reported during the last
one year:

New Castle Disease, Marek’s disease, Avian Mycoplasmosis,

Haemorrhagic enteritis and Infectious synovitis/sinusitis, Avian
chlamydiosis, Fowl typhoid, Avian infectious bronchitis, Avian infectious
laryngotracheitis, Fowl cholera and Salmonella enteritidis Salmonella
typhimurium, Avian Leucosis J virus infections, Inclusion body
hepatitis ( Hydropericardium), Infectious bursal disease, Pullorum
disease, Avian tuberculosis, Fowl pox, Egg drop syndrome, Avian
encephalomyelitis and Chicken anaemia virus.

(c) The source birds have never been fed with feeds produced from
internal organs, blood meal and tissues of ruminant origin.

(d) The meat/ meat product has never come in contact with beef or beef
product or any other ruminant meat or meat product or pork product.
(e) Fresh packing material is used and satisfies the necessary sanitary-
hygienic requirements.

Official stamp:
Issued at ____________ on ________
Name and address of Veterinarian
_________________________________
Signature _______________________

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Post Import Requirements:
1. On arrival, the consignment and the documents will be examined by the
Regional/Quarantine Officer.

2. The samples will be drawn for testing for risk analysis pertaining to
diseases/pesticides/residues etc. before the consignment is released.

3. In case of positive findings, appropriate action shall be taken by the

Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Government
of India at the cost of Importing agency.

Importing organizations should also give an undertaking that:

a) At no point of time, imported product shall find way to animal food

chain,

b) The left over product will be disposed off through incineration.

c) The labeling of the products should be done in local/regional

language also.